Romeo and Juliet in Palestine: Teaching Under Occupation

by Tom Sperlinger

Is 'Romeo and Juliet' really a love story, or is it a play about young people living in dangerous circumstances? How might life under occupation produce a new reading of 'Julius Caesar'? What choices must a group of Palestinian students make, when putting on a play which has Jewish protagonists? And why might a young Palestinian student refuse to read? For five months at the start of 2013, Tom Sperlinger taught English literature at the Abu Dis campus...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782796371
• ISBN13: 9781782796374
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Zero Books
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"